IN FOCUS: CHILE EARTHQUAKE

One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tore apart houses, bridges and highways in central Chile on Saturday, Feb. 27, and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as if shaken by a giant, and authorities said at least 214 people were dead.
The magnitude-8.8 quake was felt as far away as Sao Paulo in Brazil — 1,800 miles to the east.